Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Firstly we draw the circle marking its center point.
Then we choose an arbitrary point anywhere on the circumference of the circle.
Then we draw a line connecting the point and the center of the circle.
Now, we mark the next vertex of polygon on the circumference of the circle by measuring an angle with respect to the first line drawn from the center of the circle.
The measurement of the angle is based upon no. of vertices (=no. of side) of the polygon. We divide the full round angle 360° with the no. of vertices and obtain the angle between the each consecutive vertices from the center of the circle since the polygons are regular.
Polygons with the no. of vertices is as follows:
square -- 4
pentagon -- 5
hexagon -- 6
octagon -- 8
decagon -- 10
For decagon the central angle between each consecutive vertex:
[tex]\angle_{10}=\frac{360}{10}[/tex]
[tex]\angle_{10}=36^o[/tex]
For octagon the central angle between each consecutive vertex:
[tex]\angle_{8}=\frac{360}{8}[/tex]
[tex]\angle_{8}=45^o[/tex]
For hexagon the central angle between each consecutive vertex:
[tex]\angle_{6}=\frac{360}{6}[/tex]
[tex]\angle_{6}=60^o[/tex]
For pentagon the central angle between each consecutive vertex:
[tex]\angle_{5}=\frac{360}{5}[/tex]
[tex]\angle_{5}=72^o[/tex]
For square the central angle between each consecutive vertex:
[tex]\angle_{4}=\frac{360}{4}[/tex]
[tex]\angle_{4}=90^o[/tex]
The internal angle of a regular polygon is calculated as:
[tex]\angle=180-\frac{360}{n}[/tex] where, n = number of sides (=vertices)
for example, in case of hexagon interior angle is:
[tex]\angle=180-\frac{360}{6}[/tex]
[tex]\angle=180-60[/tex]
[tex]\angle=60^o[/tex]
As the no. of sides increase the interior angles widen up and their values increase, which the central angle between the consecutive vertices decrease.
